Arctic - Arctic Ocean & Siberia - Colin Monteath

In 1990, Colin Monteath joined a Soviet nuclear powered icebreaker Sovetsky Soyuz that made the first complete surface vessel crossing of the Arctic Ocean via the Geographic North Pole (4th surface vessel to the North Pole) - from Murmansk to the Bering Sea. Franz Josef Land and Wrangel Island were visited en route where walrus, polar bear, arctic fox and many species of Arctic seabirds were observed. The next voyage came through the famed NE Passage from Providenya back to Murmansk along the Siberia coast. Flying inland by helicopter, summer camps of Chukchi reindeer herders were visited. Three mammoth tusks were discovered half buried in the permafrost.

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Russian icebreaker ' Sovetsky soyuz' breaking ..

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Russian icebreaker Sovetsky Soyuz breaking ..

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Father Christmas announcing a cruise ship ..

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Diver takes polar plunge at the North Pole

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Nuclear powered icebreaker 'Sovetsky Soyuz' ..

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Helicopter lands on Sovetskiy Soyuz back ..

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Helicopter returns to Russian icebreaker ..

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Russian icebreaker Sovetsky Soyuz 'running ..

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Russian icebreaker Sovetsky Soyuz in solid ..

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Tourists riding a bike on pack ice nearNorth ..

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Skier on solid pack ice in ice fog, en route ..

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Woman traces Sovetskiy Soyuz route to North ..

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Reindeer herd owned by Chukchi nomads, Arctic ..

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Man inspecting mammoth tusk, New Siberian ..

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Arctic moss beds, Cape Norway, Franz Josef ..

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Lead in solid sea ice, near North Pole, ..

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Solid pack ice and surface melt water en ..

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Polar bear with bloody face from seal kill ..

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Walruses sleeping on the beach, Bennett ..

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Walruses (Odobemus rosmanus) swimming, near ..

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Walruses crowding onto the beach, Arakamchechen ..

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Polar bears (Ursus maritimus) snarling over ..

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Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) climbs on to ..

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Chukchi boy lassooing a reindeer, Arctic ..

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